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Inform Your ResistanceRerelease: Militant U.S. Anti-Abortion Activists: Towards the Total Abolition of AbortionWho are the abortion abolitionists? What drives them, and how do their tactics overlap with those of other far-right movements? Join host, Koki Mendis, and PRA Senior Research Analyst, Cloee Cooper, as we uncover the differences between the broader pro-life movement and the abortion abolitionist movement.The abortion abolitionists are a nationwide network of militant anti-abortion far-right activists who want to eradicate all abortion. They would like to see the death penalty for those involved in abortion. They draw on the militant anti-abortion movement from the 1990s that was responsible for violence against abortion clinics and providers...2024-08-1535 minInform Your ResistanceRerelease: Militant U.S. Anti-Abortion Activists: Towards the Total Abolition of AbortionWho are the abortion abolitionists? What drives them, and how do their tactics overlap with those of other far-right movements? Join host, Koki Mendis, and PRA Senior Research Analyst, Cloee Cooper, as we uncover the differences between the broader pro-life movement and the abortion abolitionist movement.The abortion abolitionists are a nationwide network of militant anti-abortion far-right activists who want to eradicate all abortion. They would like to see the death penalty for those involved in abortion. They draw on the militant anti-abortion movement from the 1990s that was responsible for violence against abortion clinics and providers...2024-08-1535 min
City Cast DenverLauren Boebert Can’t Lose: New District, New BoebertThis is the fifth episode of a special, limited-run podcast series, Lauren Boebert Can’t Lose, from City Cast Denver. Catch the first four episodes on our website: denver.citycast.fm!When Lauren Boebert announced late last year that she was moving to run for Congress in a whole new district, the experts all thought she was toast. But here we are on the eve of Colorado’s Republican primaries on June 25, and she is the clear frontrunner to win. She’s polling 35% ahead of her closest opponent, and she raised more money than all five of them c...2024-06-2225 min
City Cast DenverWhy Conservatives Can’t Stop Talking About Trans PeopleConservatives have been ramping up their attacks on trans people across the country, including right here in Colorado. But local Democrats just passed two big bills advancing trans rights, despite hours of testimony that included dehumanization and deadnaming (i.e. calling someone by their birth name after they’ve gone through a gender transition). Colorado Times Recorder reporter Heidi Beedle has been on the anti-trans hate beat for years, attending far-right rallies and talking to conservatives across the Front Range — she’s on with host Bree Davies to discuss these latest attacks, how Democrats are pushing back, and how she ex...2024-04-2524 min
Straight White American JesusAbortion Abolitionists (Inform Your Resistance)A special presentation of Inform Your Resistance: Abortion abolitionists: who are they, what drives them, and how do their tactics overlap with those of other far-right movements? Join host, Koki Mendis, and PRA Senior Research Analyst, Cloee Cooper, as we reveal the chilling facts about this nationwide syndicate of militant anti-abortion Christians. We unravel the differences between the broader pro-life movement and the abortion abolitionist movement and observe how the latter attempts to impose biblical law in the US, rallying with extreme anti-abortion leaders from the 1990s.Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening...2023-09-1844 minPremium Ad-Free: Straight White American JesusAbortion Abolitionists (Inform Your Resistance)A special presentation of Inform Your Resistance: Abortion abolitionists: who are they, what drives them, and how do their tactics overlap with those of other far-right movements? Join host, Koki Mendis, and PRA Senior Research Analyst, Cloee Cooper, as we reveal the chilling facts about this nationwide syndicate of militant anti-abortion Christians. We unravel the differences between the broader pro-life movement and the abortion abolitionist movement and observe how the latter attempts to impose biblical law in the US, rallying with extreme anti-abortion leaders from the 1990s.Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening...2023-09-1844 min
Inform Your ResistanceAbortion Abolitionists with Cloee CooperWho are the abortion abolitionists? What drives them, and how do their tactics overlap with those of other far-right movements? Join host, Koki Mendis, and PRA Senior Research Analyst, Cloee Cooper, as we uncover the differences between the broader pro-life movement and the abortion abolitionist movement.The abortion abolitionists are a nationwide network of militant anti-abortion far-right activists who want to eradicate all abortion. They would like to see the death penalty for those involved in abortion. They draw on the militant anti-abortion movement from the 1990s that was responsible for violence against abortion clinics and providers...2023-09-1435 minInform Your ResistanceAbortion Abolitionists with Cloee CooperWho are the abortion abolitionists? What drives them, and how do their tactics overlap with those of other far-right movements? Join host, Koki Mendis, and PRA Senior Research Analyst, Cloee Cooper, as we uncover the differences between the broader pro-life movement and the abortion abolitionist movement.The abortion abolitionists are a nationwide network of militant anti-abortion far-right activists who want to eradicate all abortion. They would like to see the death penalty for those involved in abortion. They draw on the militant anti-abortion movement from the 1990s that was responsible for violence against abortion clinics and providers...2023-09-1435 min
Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ Oral History ProjectHeidi BeedleHeidi Beedle (she/her) is a reporter for the Colorado Springs Indy and has previously been a teacher in Colorado Springs. She has been in the Springs since 2011 and graduated from UCCS after serving in the military. Interviewers: CC students Sammy Ries and Ruben Margolis & edited by Persie Baroody. Season 4 of the COS LGBTQ+ Oral History Project is directed by Dr. Rushaan Kumar, Colorado College, in collaboration with students in his class titled “LGBTQ Social Movements in the US”, taught in Fall 2022.2023-06-162h 00
The Craig Silverman ShowEpisode 129 - Kirk Widlund Hour on KNUS is MissingRundown -
Heidi Beedle - 35:27
Craig reviews Heidi Beedle on The Steffan Tubbs Show - 01:16:57
Troubadour Dave Gunders - 02:39:01
"Way of Forgetting" by Dave Gunders - 02:43:36
So many wrong things about Denver Trump Radio are illustrated on this week’s podcast. First of all, Steffan Tubbs had Kirk Widlund on as a featured guest. Widlund had produced the radio version of The Craig Silverman Show for many years.
Widlund was terminated from KNUS in December, 2020 when it...2022-12-312h 57The Craig Silverman ShowEpisode 128 - Troubadour Dave Gunders - Chanukah/Christmas SpecialRundown -
Intro with Troubadour Dave Gunders - 00:36
"Set the Tone" by Dave Gunders - 23:15
Highlights from 2022 with Troubadour Dave Gunders - 28:16
Troubadour Dave Gunders and host review wild week with Zelensky in USA and J6 Committee writing down the roadmap to convicting Trump. On #DenverTrumpRadio, Jenna Ellis allowed to desecrate Club Q victims, the return of Kirk Widlund, and Steffan Tubbs' smearing of Heidi Beedle.
Great part of each week’s show is the segment where we hear the wisdo...2022-12-241h 35The Craig Silverman ShowEpisode 124 - Heidi Beedle - mass murder at Club Q - Nick Fuentes dines with Trump and Kanye Werst (sic)Rundown -
Heidi Beedle - 21:59
Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:41:25
"Safe Haven" by Dave Gunders - 01:54:24
Colorado experienced another mass casualty atrocity – five innocent people slaughtered by a bigoted madman with an AR-15. Meanwhile, bigoted madmen Nick Fuentes and Kanye West are dining this holiday weekend with 45 at Mar-A-Lago. Our country is at a breaking point.
Listen to November 2019 sound of Donald Trump, Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle and Charlie Kirk heckled off a UCLA stage by Groypers (Nick Fuentes’ neo-Nazi crew). Not long...2022-11-262h 01
Fever DreamsAnti-Woke Bank Collapse w/ Heidi BeedleIs Twitter really going to “go crazy” now that new owner Elon Musk has allowed previously banned users like former President Donald Trump back on the platform? Hosts Will Sommer and Kelly Weill discuss the prospects for the beleaguered social media site on this week’s episode of Fever Dreams. Also on the episode, Heidi Beedle, a reporter for the Colorado Times Recorder and host of the Western Fringe podcast, tells Sommer and Weill that anti-LGBT hate from Colorado Springs community leaders began peaking before this weekend’s shooting at queer venue Club Q. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...2022-11-2353 minCity Cast DenverAnother Mass Shooting Rocks Colorado's LGBTQ CommunityShortly before midnight on Saturday, November 19, a 22-year-old armed with a semi-automatic weapon entered one of Colorado Springs’ few LGBTQ+ nightclubs, Club Q, and opened fire on the crowded dance floor, killing 5 people and injuring at least 25. The attack comes after Colorado Republicans, including gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl, deployed increasingly anti-queer rhetoric in the lead-up to the midterm elections earlier this month. Journalist Heidi Beedle reports on far-right extremism for the Colorado Times Recorder and was on the ground covering the aftermath of the shooting on Sunday. She sits down with host Bree Davies to talk through what happened ov...2022-11-2119 min
Western FringeWading through the NewAge Part 2: Teen Sobriety Cults[CW: Drug Abuse, Child Abuse, Animal Abuse, Sexual Assault, Racism] We continue our discussion of new age cults and their disturbing offshoot: cults disguised as drug treatment programs for troubled teens. We discuss Synanon, CEDU, The Seed, Straight Inc. and Enthusiastic Sobriety.
Sources:
Programmed to Kill by Dave McGowan
Children of the Beast by William Ramsey
Running My Anger: The Legacy of CEDU
Surviving CEDU by Liam Scheff
Straight, inc - The Truth About Straight from a Survivor
Mel Sembler's Unauthorized Biography
Cults Disguised as Drug Treatment by Freedom of M...2022-11-162h 25
Western FringeWading through the NewAge Part 1: Human PotentialWe talk about the life and legacy of Werner Erhard. His run-in with Scientology, est, and the other self-help program you can learn about by listening.
Sources:
Children of the Beast by William Ramsey
Psycho-Cybernetics 2000 by Maxwell Maltz
"Landmark Worldwide, the arts community and the big, bizarre business of personal development" by Colorado Springs Independent
"James Rowe" by Thin Air Podcast
Missing James Brian Rowe
The Americans by FX
Semi-Tough by Michael Ritchie
"Busy Brain" by Cayetana
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Western FringeNew Life (same as the old life)[TW: Mass shooting] This episode looks at New Life Church, which waged "spiritual warfare" in Colorado Springs and abroad, worked to evangelize cadets at the Air Force Academy, and dealt with Pastor Ted Haggard's 2006 gay sex scandal. In 2007, both YWAM's base in Arvada and New Life Church were the site of a mass shooting.
Sources:
Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Children of the Beast by William Ramsey
"Fighting Demons, Raising the Dead, Taking Over the World" by Religion Dispatches
"Exodus" by This American Life
"Disgraced pastor Haggard admits...2022-10-1348 min
Western FringeIntro to Demonology (ft. Jason Cordova)This is a quick bonus episode, featuring a conversation with Jason Cordova of the Crypto Science Society about Demons.
Additional Reading:
"The Black Monarch Hotel offers spooky decor and an exclusive phantom party" by Colorado Springs Independent (my collab with CSS)
"Demons, Furries, and Transgender People Focus of CO Springs Candidate" by Colorado Times Recorder
"Demon Brother" by Murder City Devils2022-09-2839 min
ComplexifiedAnswering Those Lingering Questions on Christian NationalismArticles mentioned in the episode: Understanding Christian Nationalism - Diana Butler BassColorado Politicians Address Christian Fundamentalists in Woodland Park - Heidi BeedleRep. Boebert tells churchgoers to ‘rise up’ at far-right Christian conference - Chase WoodruffDeSantis’ ‘full armor of God’ rhetoric reaches Republicans. But is he playing with fire? - Ana CeballosReport on Christian nationalism and the January 6 insurrection - BJC Is America a Christian Nation? - Americans United Politicians, Christian fundamentalist activists plan an American theocracy - Heidi Beedle
2022-09-2232 min
Western FringeAbort Mission[TW: Sexual Abuse, Racism, Antisemitism] We look at Youth With a Mission, the international ministry started in 1960 by Loren Cunningham, who also came up with what we call the "Seven Mountain Mandate" with Bill Bright, whose Campus Crusade for Christ sold land to a Christian Identity group that planned a version of the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1983. YWAM is also an organization beset with financial and sexual scandals, like a number of evangelical organizations.
Sources:
Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Aberration in the Heartland of the Real by Wendy Painting
"The...2022-09-141h 33
Western FringeOut of Focus (on the Family)We discuss the life and work of James Dobson, and Focus on the Family's influence on the military, anti-LGBTQ policies, and conservative politics in America.
Sources:
Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
"Some Kinda Hate" by Colorado Springs Independent
"Vineyard church says it heals, but some say it hurts Concerns raised about 'cult-like' group" by The Baltimore Sun
"Christian Billionaire Philanthropist Bill Hwang Charged with ‘Historic’ Stock Scam" by Religion Unplugged
"Lawsuit Alleges Billionaire’s Christian Foundation Engaged in Self-Dealing" by Christianity Today
"Hard to Be" by David Bazan2022-09-0143 min
Western FringeDenver HypnoWe take a look at the MK Ultra hypnosis research that was performed at the University of Denver during the early 1950s by Alden Sears. I'm joined by hypnotherapist Melvin Marsh, who talks about modern applications of hypnosis, and what he thinks about the CIA's attempts to create "human robots" using drugs, hypnosis, and other means.
Sources:
Military Neuroscience and the Coming Age of Neurowarfare by Armin Krishnan
"CIA, MKULTRA and the Cover-up of U.S. Germ Warfare in the Korean War" by Jeff Kaye
"Unwitting Part in Behavior Tests Fo'r C.I.A. Disclosed...2022-08-181h 15
Western FringeReportback: 2022 MUFON SymposiumI got to attend the 2022 MUFON Symposium! I attended field investigator training, heard about the Phoenix Lights from eyewitnesses, and got to chat with J. Allen Hynek's son and Betty Hill's niece.2022-07-191h 29
Western FringeTranshumanism and Frozen Dead GuysWe talk about transhumanism, Peter Thiel and Elon Musk before jumping into the history of Frozen Dead Guy Days, Nederland's annual festival.
Sources:
"Grandpa's in the Tuff Shed"
"President for Life" by Elmo Keep, The Verge
Legends of America
"Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo2022-04-1130 min
Western FringeGoing to Trinidad (The Trans Episode)In honor of the Days of Blood, or Trans Day of Visibility, we are exploring Trinidad's history as the "Sex Change Capital of the World." We talk about the history of trans people, in antiquity and the modern era, and the work of Dr. Stanley Biber and later Dr. Marci Bowers, as they provided gender confirmation surgery to over 6,000 trans people in Trinidad.
Sources:
Going to Trinidad by Martin J. Smith
The Histories by Herodotus
Gilgamesh translated by John Gardner
The Johns Hopkins Newsletter
"My New Vagina Won’t Make Me Happy" by...2022-03-271h 06
Western FringeThe Man Who Sold The MoonRobert A. Heinlein, famed sci-fi writer, lived in Colorado Springs in the 1950s. We look at the life of Robert Heinlein, his connections to L. Ron Hubbard and Jack Parsons, the Esalen Institute, and Heinlein's own connections to weird mysticism and the occult.
Sources:
Robert A Heinlein: In Dialogue With His Century Volume 1: Learning Curive (1907-1948) by William H Patterson
Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius by Gary Lachman
Programmed to Kill: The Politics of Serial Murder by David McGowan
"The Night They...2022-03-071h 23
Western FringeThe Mountain MafiaWe talk about the Smaldone crime family. Bloody shootouts in Pueblo during the 1920s, gory gangland killings in Denver in the 30s, weird mob connections to Harry S Truman and Colorado Governor Ralph Carr, among others. Things get weird with mentions of Anton LaVey and Clyde Smaldone's take on "conspiracy theories" surrounding the JFK assassination.
Sources:
Smaldone: The Untold Story of an American Crime Family by Dick Kreck2022-02-2146 min
Western FringeThe Death of Seymour CrayComputer pioneer Seymour Cray died after a traffic accident in Colorado Springs in 1996. His computers were used in a variety of military and intelligence roles, so is it possible that Cray's death was something more than it seems? Possible but not likely. We talk about the life and death of Seymour Cray.
Sources:
Seymour Cray Biography
"Colorado Springs computer firm broadens its reach with first commercial product" - Colorado Springs Gazette
"Assassination on X-Mas Eve" by Archers of Loaf2022-02-0736 min
Western FringeD.U.M.B. AFIs there a network of Deep Underground Military Bases (D.U.M.B.) run by Aliens and Military personnel connected by a secret underground rail network? Probably not. Is there a DUMB at Schriever Space Force Base? Also probably not. Were Air Force and Intelligence types involved with spreading the DUMB conspiracy? You betcha. Also, I talk about two of my favorite buildings in Colorado Springs.
Sources:
Mirage Men by Mark Pilkington
"Nazis, Frauds and Grifters: The Truth about the Lovette-Cunningham Incident"
"You Look Like I Need a Drink" by Against Me!
2022-01-311h 05
Western FringeFire in the SkyTime to get weird about UFOs. We talk about CU-Boulder's 1969 report on UFOs, historic sightings at F.E. Warren Air Force Base (technically in Wyoming but close enough) and recent UFO sightings in Denver and Colorado Springs, including the 2020 "mystery drones" and mini-flap I covered in Colorado Springs in March 2020.
Sources:
Operation Trojan Horse by John Keel
"Looking at the Bob Lazar story from the perspective of 2018"
F.E. Warren 2010 Incident
F.E. Warren 2010 Incident UFO sighting
Co Springs UFO
Waldo Canyon Fire UFO
Fox 31 Denver UFO
9 News...2022-01-2457 min
Western FringeThe Moo-tilatorsStarting in 1975, Colorado was ground zero for the cattle mutilation phenomenon. Today we look at the reporting of two journalists, Dane Edwards of the Brush Banner and Dorothy Aldridge of the Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, as they cover the strange phenomenon that still persists today, which the FBI dubbed the result of "natural predator activity."
Sources:
The Oregonian
Denver Public Library
Colorado Springs Independent
The Black Vault
2022-01-171h 28
Western FringeTo the Top Part 2: Silent Soldiers for Quiet WarsThe CIA, secretly training a rebel army in Colorado? It's more likely than you think. After World War II, the CIA used Camp Hale to train Tibetan resistance fighters during the late 1950s and early 1960s. One of the instructors, Anthony Poshepny, later became notorious for sketchy conduct during the Vietnam War.
Sources:
The CIA's Secret War in Tibet by Kenneth Conboy and James Morrison
The Shadow Circus: The CIA in Tibet
"Agent Provocative" by SF Weekly
"Love and Empire: The Dalai Lama, and Arrested Histories of the Tibetan Resistance Army" by Carole...2022-01-1052 min
Western FringeTo the Top Part 1: The Fast and the FuhrerousWe talk about Camp Hale, the Colorado Army base that was home to the 10th Mountain Division during World War II, but also home to 400 German POWs and the 620th Engineer General Service Company, a misfit unit of Nazi sympathizers. One of those soldiers would go AWOL with 2 German POWs in one of the biggest treason cases of the war.
Sources:
Something Like Treason by Bill Sonn
Colorado Encyclopedia
"The War" by Lucero
Further Listening:
Programmed to Chill: Who Financed Hitler? pt. 2, or, Detroit Krautrock City
Programmed to Chill: Spyclopedia #1...2022-01-0345 min
Western FringeNuke-O-Rado Part 5: FalloutThe final installment of the Nuke-O-Rado series, we discuss the Grand Jury investigation into Rocky Flats' alleged environmental crimes, the clean-up effort, and the ongoing legacy of Rocky Flats. We're also joined by Giselle Herzfeld and Usama Khalid of the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center to discuss their efforts regarding Rocky Flats.
Sources:
Ambushed Grand Jury by Wes McKinley and Caron Balkany
My reporting in the Colorado Springs Independent
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
excerpt of "Radiation Suit" by Hot Rod Circuit
2021-12-191h 02
Western FringeNuke-O-Rado Part 4: Waste DisposalThings get weird in the waning days of Rocky Flats. A UFO sighting, two missing persons cases, and of course continued concerns about the disposal of nuclear waste and the rising rates of cancer for Denver-area residents. It all culminates with a raid on the plant by the FBI.
Sources:
Dark Side of the Mountain
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Brother Tony's Boys by Mike Echols
Ambushed Grand Jury by Wes McKinley (there was a website where you could download a free .pdf, which I did a few weeks ago, the page is gone...2021-12-1356 min
Western FringeNuke-O-Rado Part 3: Swords to PlowsharesIn this episode we talk about Colorado's Operation Plowshare projects in Rulison and Rio Blanco. Were they covers for the construction of Deep Underground Military Bases? That makes about as much sense as the stated purpose of natural gas exploration. We also look into how the rise of the Environmental Protection Agency along with local and federal health agency oversight convinced Dow it was time to pass the baton to Rockwell International, who took over in 1975, trying to reform the image of the plant and prove how safe it was while the Jefferson County Health Department conducted damning studies...2021-12-061h 10
Western FringeNuke-O-Rado Part 1: The Manhattan Project and the Nuclear Arms RaceIn this episode we take a look Colorado's role in the Manhattan Project with the Uranium mining operations in Uravan and the Uranium refinery in Grand Junction. After World War II, Colorado was chosen as the site for Dow Chemical's plutonium manufacturing plant, Rocky Flats, which had it's first series of accidents in 1957.
Sources:
Atomic Heritage Foundation
Department of Energy
Rocky Flats Timeline by Pat Buffer
Demon Core Incident
Many of the documents I will be citing in this series came from the Office of Legacy Management's website, and it appears those...2021-11-2240 minThe Craig Silverman ShowEpisode 66 - Denver CourthousesRundown -
Jeff Pagliuca in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 06:20
Craig's Sound of the Week - 01:06:57
Heidi Beedle - 01:34:05
Dave Gunders - 03:03:28
Interesting events are happening at Denver courthouses now that society may be coming out of pandemic. Outstanding Denver attorney Jeff Pagliuca just won large 2.5-million-dollar verdict in Denver Federal Court with compelling bad police shooting civil case, Valdez v Motyka. Hear all about it in Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge.
Next, we have sound of the week i...2021-10-163h 13
Sunshine Podcast ShowSexy House Music @ Crobar Session Buenos AiresEste es el Sunshine Podcast Show 6... si, el "SPS6", y con la sesión exclusiva en el Club Crobar de Buenos Aires de Juan Guillermo Vera, DJ Juanito el pasado 31 de Julio, en el "DJ Juanito South America Winter Tour 2009", una sesión de colección para todos nuestros fans de Sunshine Records de Colombia, latinoamerica y el mundo. Como siempre, matizada por la voz house de Melissa DJ, en el mágico ambiente que solo puede tener una noche de House Music en un lugar como CROBAR.Esta es una sesión que evoca el presente, pero t...2009-08-2800 min